2LD Defense - Gregory Double Wing

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Facing the pick patterns that quick passing offenses so frequently employ, the 2Ldefenders must drill hard on fighting through picks. See the diagram on page 92(top) on fighting through picks, as well as delayed rushing of a roll-out QB by 2Ldefenders. (Note: the following conversions are necessary from Dr. Thomson'soriginal 2LD terminology to mine:Bandit (B) = WillGael (G) = MikeStrong (S) = Sam2-Link = 2 Left5-Rip = 5 RightCover-A, -B, -C, Etc. = Cover Wideside Trips.)You can see how assigning Mike (Gael in the top diagram) to Steer the slotbackoutside frees up Will (Bandit) by preventing the pick from taking place.If using a 4-5-2 against quick passing, you can either split the deep middle zonebetween the 2 DS's; or else have one enforce his end line, while the otherdouble covers the offense's best receiver.SHOTGUN 5-WIDE: Another increasingly popular offense, the 4- and 5-wideshotgun attacks made popular in recent years by Clemson, Purdue, West Virginiaand Oklahoma, present a different set of challenges to the 2LD. The defensehas great resources to combat this style of offense, however, starting as usualwith multiple, frequent changes of fronts, coverages and personnel packages.The threat of simultaneous fades by two wide receivers on opposite sides of thefield means that 2 Deep Safeties are a prudent precaution, although anotheruseful variation is to play a 4-1-5-1, with the Rover doing nothing but mirroringthe shotgun QB. Otherwise, deploying in a 4-5-2 and constantly shifting amongthe six available fronts and multiple coverage possibilities that 2 DS's provide isyour best bet to confuse and frustrate shotgun spreads.SPREAD OPTION (AIR FORCE STYLE): Option football in general is worthy of itsown discussion -- arguably its own book -- but I doubt readers are interested inanother 100 pages at this point. I will instead outline Dr. Thomson's principlesfor combating triple option football:1) Never alter primary run responsibilities to defend any type of option.This means not altering the fundamental 2LD to the point where it becomesunsound against passing, power running, etc., just to shut down the Triple,94
Midline, etc. A key principle for 2L defenders is that they not release their Maxreceivers to attack the ball until it has been pitched -- and they hear the End call"PITCH! PITCH!" See Principle 3 below for a corollary to this fact.2) Constantly vary the mode by which you attack the option.Secondary run responsibilities can be swapped without violating the first principle-- from a 4-5-1-1, an inserted Rover playing a yard or two deeper than the 2Lcan mirror the QB without any pass responsibilities, for example.3) Turn the late option pitch into a quick pitch by crashing the Ends.Crashing into the QB regularly and with great force in the first half will pay bigdividends in the second half -- if the starting QB is still in the game. The fasterthe QB pitches the ball, also, the faster 2L defenders can break off to theirsecondary responsibility, pursuing and attacking the ball carrier. In terms of 1Lfronts to deploy against the option, remember you can't go wrong against theInside Veer from 11 -- both the Tackles and Ends are outside where they canattack the Dive and QB, respectively. However, given related threats (Midline,play-action, etc.) it is best AS ALWAYS to constantly move between fronts beforethe snap -- 11, 22, 33, 44, and 55 to start, with single-digit fronts called in thedirection of a TE if the option team is in a pro set, or in the direction of motionfor spread option teams. Constant pre-snap shifting will complicate the optionoffense's ability to get clear, unambiguous reads. Also consider limited use ofstunts and blitzes, notably Slant and Switch, with some Twists (TET, TNT) andCushion thrown into the game plan mix."CRAZY SPREAD" RULES: The 2LD has built-in advantages over almost everyother defense when facing strange spread offensive formations, but a few rulesmust be drilled into your players to prepare them for a surprise switch to aspread offense by an opponent.(Note: These rules apply to formations where one or more core offensivelinemen -- tackles, guards, center -- are split more than five yards from theirnormal position(s). Against spread shotgun formations with quad receivers, forexample, normal 2LD rules will apply with very minor variations.)1) The 1L lines up on every other offensive player on the LOS, starting with theNose (who locates the middle OL player, whether he snaps the ball or not) andworking outside. This way the Ends may well line up very wide on WR's.However, their job if this happens will be to jolt that receiver HARD when theball is snapped, then look for lateral passes to offensive players in front of them.If the WR they are playing over releases deep and no lateral eventuates in theirdirection, they should drop back and to the inside, looking to play a short zone95
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BACK TO THE FUTURE:INSTALLING THE 2
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THE CONCEPT: BUYING (AND SELLING) T
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THE BASICSWORKING WITHIN THE SYSTEM
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Formations with Area A receivers ca
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THE 2LD BY POSITIONHere are some th
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ALIGNMENTS (Note: The Deep Safety a
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In Odd fronts, the Nose has two-gap
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2 Stacks: The defender stacks behin
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FUNDAMENTALS: First LevelStance:Nos
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locker: if the lineman he is slanti
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ENDS: COVER, SHORTSIDE SQUARE, AND
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ENDS: SHORTSIDE SQUARE ASSIGNMENTS2
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the ball moves across the core away
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This is the DS "glide path". He sho
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TET similarly involves a Tackle and
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COVERAGESMax (man) coverage is the
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Max/Tight Cushion is an excellent m
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From between the hashmarks, however
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Finally, if we call Cover against a
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In the above diagram, the left Tack
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To review (see diagram on page 41):
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Page 82 and 83: to stem on motion, we can shift out
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